I'm really sorry to hear what you've been going through, if you want to take a break from all of this situation, then it is absolutely okay, it is very understandable for the sake of your well-being. Some people can be really mean sometimes and they didn't even think twice before giving out their comments. Just please don't push yourself and you don't have to tell them the same thing if they keep complaining the same thing, they just can't read and understand what you've stated, your well-being is what really matter to us, the real fans will still be with you no matter what, so don't let all of the hates get to you. Best of luck and i hope that you can recover from all of this! ❤🤞

I'm sorry for all the rude, disrespectful, and harassing comments that you have been getting recently. From what I have read, I understand that you promised a Steam Key for those who bought the original content so that they didn't have to purchase the game again. However, I also understand that this was a misunderstanding of Steam's policies AND that you apologized for your mistake. While I understand why people are upset, there is no reason to fight and gripe with you about it. 

Destroying a person's passion for making and sharing their games is beyond cruel. 

I highly doubt that they will understand that though, as they are more concerned about the X amount of money that they paid is "going to waste."  It is not like you were asking for a lot, just a few dollars to support the project. But some people are treating you like a large game studio that asked for x10 the amount of money, then made empty promises about a new update or sequel that turned out to be the exact same game in a new package. That is not what happened.

You stated explicitly that the steam version was not an update. You apologized for an unfortunate misunderstanding regarding the policies. You're even charging the same price for the game instead of up-charging it!

Some people enjoy being cruel to others, and sadly you became a target of that. And as you stated yourself, the majority of people who bought the game purchased it because they wanted it, not because they wanted to support you. Many of us understand that what has already been said cannot be undone.  There will still be ignorant people that treat you like a farm for new game content, rather than a person. 

Your community, the ones that realize that you are a person; the ones that respect and value your work, can only hope that you do not stop making games altogether. We understand if you need a break too. This situation would be hard on anyone. Hopefully it will all die down sooner rather than later.  

Best of wishes

I am a Chinese player and this game is also very popular in China. Thank you for updating the Chinese version. There is a novelist in China whose fans are always obsessed with the first book he wrote. In order to please their fans and make money, he keeps updating it and eventually earns a lot of money. However, the content updated afterwards is very repetitive and boring. I think earning money and self-expression may be contradictory.

Of course that he deserve some criticism here since he did some mistakes and admitted it, but the problem is, people literally pushed him TOO much, they didn't give him a break, that's not just right. If you want to give him criticisms, then do it in a constructive way, not just pointing out his mistakes while he couldn't really control it anymore, not to mention that some people even insulted the remake so bad, imagine having to face all of that both from Steam and Itch.io when he already worked so hard and hoping that his game would be popular again, knowing that only to be ended up in such horrible situation like this. I can't imagine the problems this dude have to endure during all of this negativity, i hope he really take a break from this.

They don't deserve THIS much criticism though. His promises weren't empty, they were ill educated. He has apologized and done all he could, but that still makes people lose their minds some how.